Abby Wambaugh's THE FIRST 3 MINUTES OF 17 SHOWS Will Play Dixon Place This Fall
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Abby Wambaugh will perform her debut solo comedy The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows for a limited four-week run at Dixon Place this fall. Wambaugh will perform beginning Oct. 1, following an award-winning run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024 and 2025.
“When I moved to Copenhagen from Brooklyn seven years ago, I was a teacher who had never even considered trying stand up. To return to the place where so much of this story happened with an Off-Broadway show about beginnings, is nearly unbelievable to me” Wambaugh said in a statement. “I'm so excited to get to do this show in front of the friends and family who were there for the real thing, and — maybe most of all — in front of my high school drama teacher. I'm also thrilled to finally perform it in a country where I don't have to explain what a CVS is.”
The show will be directed by Lara Ricote. In it, Wambaugh discusses waking up in the hospital following a late miscarriage, where, still high on anesthesia, she decided to become a comedian. She spends the next hour sharing her 17 best ideas for a show, exploring her talent for a wide range of comedy styles. Some of her brilliant ideas include “old man learns parkour” and a long impression of the number nine, leading her to explore gender, pregnancy, loss, and creativity.
The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows presented by Emmy Award winner Hannah Gadsby, and produced by Jenney Shamash, Mike & Carlee Productions, and Dixon Place. It was originally produced by Mick Perrin Worldwide.
“I saw this show a year ago and haven’t stopped thinking about it since…except for maybe a couple of days when I was being very self-involved,” Gadsby said in a statement. “Abby is a brilliant, rare talent, and this show is so many good things. It’s genius, it’s refreshing, it is so, so funny. And you have to be in the room to experience the real magic.”
The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows runs from Oct. 1 to Oct. 25 at Dixon Place on Chrystie Street in New York City. For tickets and more information, visit here.
